Historical Marker
Bartram's Trail
Historical marker location:
216 West Fort Toulouse Road, Wetumpka, Alabama
( Marker is on West Fort Toulouse Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 231, on the right when traveling west.)
The first known use of the phrase "Roll Tide" was in a 1907 Birmingham News article that referred to the University of Alabama football team. The phrase became a rallying cry for Alabama football fans and is still used today.